Buster Olney

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Drew Storen, closer of the Washington Nationals, grew up as a huge fan of sport, and given his current vocation, he's had an opportunity to meet some legends, which he relates enthusiastically. Storen has a picture of longtime D...

JUPITER, Fla. - The memory is clear in Martin Prado's mind, and as he spoke about it Friday in the Marlins' indoor batting cages, the rain falling outside, Prado wasn't so much describing as he was reliving. He used his hands and gestures to replicat...

JUPITER, Fla. -- Josh Hamilton's status is still unknown. The Daily News reports that Hamilton suffered a relapse, using alcohol and cocaine. But the details of what has happened with Hamilton are still sketchy. Maybe even for Major League Baseba...

The Angels are bracing themselves for the possibility that Josh Hamilton will be disciplined by Major League Baseball, as Mike DiGiovanna reported. Hamilton's father-in-law told Steven Marcus that he has hit a bump in the road. Hamilton is a big n...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. FIRST PITCH: It's not only the first full-squad workout Thursday. SportsCenter visits Mets camp, with Karl Ravech, Curt Schilling and Buster Olney scheduled to be in Port St. Lucie to conduct interviews with key players and of...

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Spring training is supposed to present a time of optimism, when players look around and think about what can be accomplished with the group in the room. But for a small handful, this can be a time of frustration because they know th...

Adrian Beltre is at the heart of the Rangers, writes Gerry Fraley. From his story: The Rangers want him to stay a while. At least two years. General manager Jon Daniels indicated the club could soon pick up an option on Beltre for 2016, at a...

Near the end of the Reds' lost season of 2014, Jay Bruce asked general manager Walt Jocketty if he could stop by his office for a conversation. By then, Bruce was already deep into the process of mentally preparing for 2015, having formulated his loo...

TAMPA, Fla. -- Alex Rodriguez is the opposite of subtle, with personality traits and a history that seemingly guarantee some crazy ending to his playing career. After two decades of spectacular home runs and confessions and a record-setting suspensio...

A lot of parents would tell you they mostly concern themselves with the A-list of priorities. Keeping the kids safe, properly fed and on time to school, with homework completed. Most tension is rooted in the murkiness of the B-list of priorities:...

When Joe Torre managed the New York Yankees, he liked to put pen to paper and jot down various lineup combinations to see how they might look and feel. His bench coach, Don Zimmer, would do the same, and they would discuss the combinations they had w...

The Tampa Bay Rays' record of drafting in Andrew Friedman's time as their general manager was spotty, including the moment when they passed on Buster Posey and chose infielder Tim Beckham. There also were mistakes on free agents such as Pat Burrell. ...

Alex Rodriguez will make himself available to a roomful of reporters sometime in the coming days, in what will amount to his first give-and-take session with the media since he agreed to his one-year suspension. What will actually be given and what ...